Zuck posted a story about Cavalli today, with quotes from Rizzo making it pretty clear we won't see him in the majors this year.
https://www.masnsports.com/nationals-pastime/2021/07/rizzos-plan-for-cavalli-doesnt-appear-to-include-dc-in-2021.html
I thought this was interesting at the end. Folks have been talking about Rutledge and others missing time. Rizzo suggests that that's part of the arm preservation plan for their top pitching prospects including Cavalli at some point.
Even if Cavalli proved he was ready to pitch at this level, the Nationals are paying extreme attention to his workload in his first professional season and expect to limit his innings the rest of the way, just as they’ve done with fellow prospects Jackson Rutledge, Cole Henry and Matt Cronin.
“Yeah, we’re cognizant of his pitch count, everybody’s pitch count,” Rizzo said. “You’ve noticed we’ve shut down Rutledge for a period of time; now he’s coming back. We did the same thing with Henry, and we did it with Cronin. We’re giving them kind of a time out to rest themselves and to get back into the swing of things. We’ll do the same thing with Cavalli, where we’ve got a plan in place with him. He’ll finish the minor league season and probably pitch out of, I’d imagine he’ll pitch in the Arizona Fall League this year, and he’ll have plenty innings. From where he’s come from, to where he’ll be at the end of the season, it’ll be a good workload for him.”
Bolded some other news.
